bfls@cain.anu.edu.au (Barbara La Scala) (02/12/91)
I have just been set a task which I thought would be quite simple. I need to set up a dial-in modem on our brand new RS/6000 320. Nothing fancy, all the modem needs to do is sit there, answer the phone when it rings and get getty to fire up the login program. To this on my Sun workstation all I needed to do was check the entries in the /etc/gettytab file, edit the /etc/ttytab file and send a HUP signal to init. It took me 10 minutes (once I had figured out what to do :-). However the IBM doesn't have either /etc/gettytab or /etc/ttytab or anything that appears to be equivalent. I am lost. I have stumbled across various references to BNU (Basic Networking Utilities) but all these seem to be for a dial-out modem. Could someone *please* tell me what part of TFM, otherwise known as the (in)famous InfoExplorer, tells me where IBM has seen fit to move all the tty information and how I set up a modem on a dial-in line? I would also appreciate it if someone could explain just *why* IBM felt it necessary to make all those endless, gratuitous changes to UNIX. I have spent more time and achieved less on this damn IBM box than I have on any other system, and that includes one of the more buggy ports of UNIX to an 80386 box. Argh! Barbara La Scala Internet: bfls@cain.anu.edu.au Statistics Research Section
grover@skybridge.SCL.CWRU.Edu (Grover=Davidson) (02/13/91)
try using SMIT. in the devices section you can specify what options need to be set for each line. This is all documented in your SMIT tool. Please note that at 3002, 2 way lines are NOT supported properly (at least that is what IBM support told me). The result of this is that a line must be either in-coming or out-going, not BOTH.
py@meadow.uucp (Peter Yeung) (02/14/91)
In article <BFLS.91Feb12162049@cain.anu.edu.au> bfls@cain.anu.edu.au (Barbara La Scala) writes: > >I would also appreciate it if someone could explain just *why* IBM felt it >necessary to make all those endless, gratuitous changes to UNIX. I have spent >more time and achieved less on this damn IBM box than I have on any other >system, and that includes one of the more buggy ports of UNIX to an 80386 box. > >Argh! > First, it is called AIX, not UNIX. Second, it is from you know who, they like to set their own "standards" ;-) >Barbara La Scala Internet: bfls@cain.anu.edu.au >Statistics Research Section -- Peter Yeung Amdahl Canada Ltd., Software Development Center 2000 Argentia Road, Plaza 2, Suite 300 Mississauga, Ont. L5N 1V8 Phone: (416) 542-6300 Fax: (416) 858-2233
tim@comcon.UUCP (Tim Brown) (02/15/91)
Quite a few people berate IBM for some of the differences in AIX as compared to UNIX. I have to put my two cents in here... I am one very happy IBM RS6000 user. I can appreciate the views of some unix users who feel that IBM has overstepped its bounds in changing AIX in various ways. I felt that way at first also, but upon close examination and a few months of use it is clear that for the most part they knew what they were doing. One thing stands out very much, that is that the utilities IBM has supplied in place of "more traditional" unix commands *work*. This simply can't be said of some other systems. This version of AIX also has numerous features simply not found on UNIX systems at all. IBM deserves sound congratulations for thier work. Thier continued support after the sale is also extremely refreshing. I have always believed in giving credit where it is due and IBM deserves it for sure. Tim Brown -- Tim Brown The SABUS Group uunet!matrax!comcon!tim
dipto@umbc4.umbc.edu (Dipto Chakravarty) (02/22/91)
In article <BFLS.91Feb12162049@cain.anu.edu.au> bfls@cain.anu.edu.au (Barbara La Scala) writes: >I have just been set a task which I thought would be quite simple. I need to >set up a dial-in modem on our brand new RS/6000 320. >Argh! > >Barbara La Scala Internet: bfls@cain.anu.edu.au I recommend that you use SMIT to configure even the simplest stuff on the system. On the RS/6000 all the critical data are stored in a special database format (ref. ODM - Object Data Manager). Unless and until you use SMIT to change/update/configure system definitions, proper updates won't occur. Using the TAB key you may specify the option(s) that you want to use in sub-menu. Setting up single directional modem lines should not be a problem. It is the 'uugetty' stuff with the bidirectional lines that becomes a little nasty. Feel free to send mail to dipto@ats.com or call 800-933-1425 if you require support with RS/6000 hardware configuration. -Dipto Chakravarty dipto@ats.com dipto@umbc.bitnet -----\ /----- uunet!ats!dipto dipto@umbc3.umbc.edu ------> In-real-life: <------ +1 301 384 1425 dipto%ats@uunet.uu.net ----/ Dipto Chakravarty \----- CMSC, U. of MD.